Eco-Design of a Cleaning Sea Water Pollution Building - TADI Industrial Design Competition in Bassin d’Arcachon – France
Client : State of Aquitaine
Location : Bassin d’Arcachon, France
Project : Sea water pollutions treatment
Mission : Architecture HQE® competition
Consultant : AR ARCHITECTES, EPURETEC
Area : 700 m²
Cost : 2 000 000 €
Date : 2009
Principals of energy and water treatment:
How to design an intelligent and ecological building that treats grey water hydrocarbures coming from marinas using plants? The Blue’pur center is a sustainable industrial construction, a center that treats polluted liquid effluents and sediments using biodegradation, microbial et de phyto-restoration technologies thus ensuring zero CO2 pollution into the atmosphere.
Due to its architectural approach and its purifying process, this project is part of the sustainable development objective.